1790s Single-acting Pumping Engine for Mydrecht, Holland
Reverse general section of pumping engine for Mydrecht, Holland, May 1791.
This single-acting pumping engine with a 48 inch cylinder was for the States of Utrecht. It was ordered by the Dutch merchant ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for a Birmingham Mill
The Birmingham Flour & Bread Co.’s Mill, August 1796.
A rare illustration of the Birmingham Flour & Bread Co.’s mill on Holt Street in Aston. The mill was powered by a 16 horse Boulton & Watt sun ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for a Manchester Cotton Mill
General view and plan of 16 horse 'Sun & Planet' engine for McConnel & Kennedy, Manchester, October 1797.
Boulton & Watt sold large numbers of engines to the cotton manufacturers of the North West ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Plan and sections of saw mill, Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, December 1790 [copies made in 1792].
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
First page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & Watt ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Second page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Third page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & Watt ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Fourth page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for Saw Mill in Cadiz, Spain
Fifth page of description of the Engine for Don Fernando de Torres, Cadiz, Spain, January 1791.
Another European engine, this time for Spain. This was one of a handful of engines that Boulton & Watt ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
Cross-Section of the boilers for William Tate’s Engine, London, March 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of business, but ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
General Section of 52 Horse 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London, March 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of ...
1790s 'Sun & Planet' Engine for William Tate, London
Ground Plan of William Tate’s Malt Distillery and Brewery, 1794.
The 1790s saw a large increase in sales of Boulton & Watt’s rotative engines. They were sold to all types of business, but the largest ...
191 - 201 Soho Road
From left to right the shops are: William Henry Boraston - Supplies/ Groceries, Ernest Richards - Fishmonger and Fruiterer, Thomas Edwin Young - Tailor, Henry Sims - Ironmonger, Corbett and Sons - Printers, ...
1918 General Election
The 1918 General Election was held on December 14th and had extra importance due to the recent cease of hostilities in Europe. The economy had obviously been affected by the war, men were returning home ...
1918 General Election Poster for Norman Tiptaft
Tiptaft was the Independent candidate and is here trying to appeal to the women of Handsworth to vote for him. The use of the Elite Picture House for the talk is of interest as is Tiptaft's possibly hopeful ...
1922 General Election
David Lloyd George's Coalition Government had endured after the First World War winning the 1918 General Election. George's Liberals and the Conservatives, under Andrew Bonar Law, had been a successful ...
1922 General Election Result for Handsworth
This is from the Birmingham Gazette of November 17th 1922. The Handsworth result is in the third column along with the rest of the Birmingham results. It reads:
Commander Oliver Locker Lampson (Conservative): ...
1922 General Election: Why You Should Vote For Tiptaft
Here Councillor Norman Tiptaft lists all of the reasons why he was worthy of your vote in the 1922 General Election. Tiptaft had lost the previous election in 1918 but had become councillor for Handsworth ...